Appleton school bus driver arrested on suspicion of OWI

8:39 AM,
Oct. 19, 2013

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A school bus driver was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Friday morning after dropping off students at four elementary schools in Appleton.

A news release from Lamers, the bus company for which the 51-year-old man worked, said police received an anonymous tip that he had parked the empty bus and purchased cigarettes and beer from a Walgreens store after his route was completed.

Police say the man was arrested around 9 a.m. after failing a field sobriety test in the parking lot of the Walgreens at 3330 E. Calumet St. ...